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National Lampoon's Vacation

The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.

Director

Harold Ramis

Year

Genre

adventure, comedy

Box Office

$61,418,063

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

Awards

N/A

Part of Collection

National Lampoon's Vacation Collection: National Lampoon's Vacation, National Lampoon's European Vacation, Vegas Vacation, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

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Clark Griswold

Ellen Griswold

Beverly D'Angelo

Aunt Edna

Cousin Eddie

Rusty Griswold

Anthony Michael Hall

Audrey Griswold

Roy Walley

Kamp Komfort Clerk

Brian Doyle-Murray

Cousin Catherine

Motorcycle Cop

Car Salesman

Grover

Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld

The Girl in the Ferrari

Christie Brinkley

Cousin Vicki

Cousin Dale

John P. Navin Jr.

Man Giving Directions

Pimp

Christopher Jackson

Mechanic

Assistant Mechanic

Dodge City Cashier

Jeannie Dimter Barton

Wyatt Earp

Indian

Virgil Wyaco II

Davenport

Motel Desk Clerk

Car Hop

Adelaide Wilder

Motel Guest

Neighbor

Neighbor

Swat Leader

Policeman

Cowboy

Michael Talbott

Camel Rider

Dinky

Hotel clerk

Police Officer

Frank Pettinger

Pedestrian with Grocery Bags

Car salesman

Daisy Mabel

Bar Piano Player

Lorenzo Salviati

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5.0

★★★★★

1 review

Overall

5.0

Story

5.0

Aesthetics

5.0

Acting

5.0

Sound

5.0

alstromgreg

8 months ago

★★★★★

Explore 109 Clips

Dad this is not the car you ordered - National Lampoon's Vacation

Dad this is not the car you ordered

I'll get to the bottom of this - National Lampoon's Vacation

I'll get to the bottom of this

I can get you the wagon, no problem.
The problem is, it might take six weeks. - National Lampoon's Vacation

I can get you the wagon, no problem. The problem is, it migh...

CLARK Rusty please do not eat the Truckster - National Lampoon's Vacation

CLARK Rusty please do not eat the Truckster

Why aren't we flying Because getting there is half the fun You know that - National Lampoon's Vacation

Why aren't we flying Because getting there is half the...

I turned off the water the stove the heat and the air - National Lampoon's Vacation

I turned off the water the stove the heat and the air

[SINGlNG]
Swing low - National Lampoon's Vacation

[SINGlNG] Swing low

Clark, isn't this the gas tank? - National Lampoon's Vacation

Clark, isn't this the gas tank?

[SIREN WAILlNG lN DlSTANCE] - National Lampoon's Vacation

[SIREN WAILlNG lN DlSTANCE]

Clark What are you doing - National Lampoon's Vacation

Clark What are you doing

Just relax Ellen This is so dangerous - National Lampoon's Vacation

Just relax Ellen This is so dangerous

Roll them up - National Lampoon's Vacation

I wonder if you could tell me how to get back on the expressway - National Lampoon's Vacation

I wonder if you could tell me how to get back on the...

What it is bro We're from out of town - National Lampoon's Vacation

What it is bro We're from out of town

[MAN MUTTERING] - National Lampoon's Vacation

[MAN MUTTERING]

[DOG YELPS] - National Lampoon's Vacation

Oh! - National Lampoon's Vacation

Can l do your back honey l've already done my back - National Lampoon's Vacation

Can l do your back honey l've already done my back

[CHUCKLES]
Oh. - National Lampoon's Vacation

CLARK Oh Ellen the Old West was dirty - National Lampoon's Vacation

CLARK Oh Ellen the Old West was dirty

That guy was a crummy Wyatt Earp He's wearing jogging shoes - National Lampoon's Vacation

That guy was a crummy Wyatt Earp He's wearing jogging...

Hey knucklehead Set us up with four redeyes will you - National Lampoon's Vacation

Hey knucklehead Set us up with four redeyes will you

I don't think that's very funny A noise like that could impair the kids' hearing - National Lampoon's Vacation

I don't think that's very funny A noise like that...

Clark let's just skip the House of Mud - National Lampoon's Vacation

Clark let's just skip the House of Mud

RUSTY:
What did you say? - National Lampoon's Vacation

RUSTY: What did you say?

AUDREY: He started it!
ELLEN: I don't care who started it! - National Lampoon's Vacation

AUDREY: He started it! ELLEN: I don't care who started ...

Clark, you're doing 80 miles an hour. - National Lampoon's Vacation

Clark, you're doing 80 miles an hour.

This is the old homestead huh - National Lampoon's Vacation

This is the old homestead huh

L bet you could use a cool one huh Now you're talking - National Lampoon's Vacation

L bet you could use a cool one huh Now you're talking

I'm going steady And l French kiss - National Lampoon's Vacation

I'm going steady And l French kiss

Hey you got Pac Man - National Lampoon's Vacation

Hey you got Pac Man

Did you ever bop your baloney - National Lampoon's Vacation

Did you ever bop your baloney

Gee Cath it looks like you've really got your hands full - National Lampoon's Vacation

Gee Cath it looks like you've really got your hands...

How do you like yours Clark - National Lampoon's Vacation

How do you like yours Clark

EDDlE Mm mm mm - National Lampoon's Vacation

I don't know why they call this stuff Hamburger Helper lt does just fine by itself - National Lampoon's Vacation

I don't know why they call this stuff Hamburger Helper...

No meat in this? - National Lampoon's Vacation

No meat in this?

Real tomato ketchup Eddie - National Lampoon's Vacation

Real tomato ketchup Eddie

Aunt Edna Helper's getting cold - National Lampoon's Vacation

Aunt Edna Helper's getting cold

You were the ones who sent me the fruitcake for Christmas - National Lampoon's Vacation

You were the ones who sent me the fruitcake for Christmas

Did you tell Clark and Ellen the good news - National Lampoon's Vacation

Did you tell Clark and Ellen the good news

Junior Pig Competition? - National Lampoon's Vacation

Junior Pig Competition?

Vicki don't get offended but being a farmer is not too cool you know - National Lampoon's Vacation

Vicki don't get offended but being a farmer is not too...

I got laid off when they closed that asbestos factory Ahem - National Lampoon's Vacation

I got laid off when they closed that asbestos factory Ahem

Why don't you just ask him for the money Eddie - National Lampoon's Vacation

Why don't you just ask him for the money Eddie

Look at these sandwiches.
Here, Aunt Edna. - National Lampoon's Vacation

Look at these sandwiches. Here, Aunt Edna.

Mom my sandwich is all wet - National Lampoon's Vacation

Mom my sandwich is all wet

Russ, look. - National Lampoon's Vacation

Clark Dinkums needs a long walk and a bath - National Lampoon's Vacation

Clark Dinkums needs a long walk and a bath

Thirty seven dollars for three tents - National Lampoon's Vacation

Thirty seven dollars for three tents

What do you say honey Uhn - National Lampoon's Vacation

What do you say honey Uhn

Everybody in the car boat leaves in two minutes - National Lampoon's Vacation

Everybody in the car boat leaves in two minutes

Hello officer What's the problem - National Lampoon's Vacation

Hello officer What's the problem

Do you know what the penalty for animal cruelty is in this state - National Lampoon's Vacation

Do you know what the penalty for animal cruelty is in this...

You can't think I'd do this on purpose sir - National Lampoon's Vacation

You can't think I'd do this on purpose sir

EDNA I was afraid you'd get pulled over Clark - National Lampoon's Vacation

EDNA I was afraid you'd get pulled over Clark

EDNA This your idea of a good restaurant - National Lampoon's Vacation

EDNA This your idea of a good restaurant

What happened? - National Lampoon's Vacation

[SIGHS] - National Lampoon's Vacation

ELLEN Clark l need my vanity case - National Lampoon's Vacation

ELLEN Clark l need my vanity case

No we don't You gave 500 to Eddie - National Lampoon's Vacation

No we don't You gave 500 to Eddie

ELLEN I honestly don't think you're gonna find the Grand Canyon on this road - National Lampoon's Vacation

ELLEN I honestly don't think you're gonna find the...

[TlRES BURST] - National Lampoon's Vacation

L think l broke my nose l stabbed my brain - National Lampoon's Vacation

L think l broke my nose l stabbed my brain

Mom where can I go to the bathroom - National Lampoon's Vacation

Mom where can I go to the bathroom

RUSTY Dad you must've jumped this thing about 50 yards - National Lampoon's Vacation

RUSTY Dad you must've jumped this thing about 50 yards

Stay in the car It's hot and dangerous out here - National Lampoon's Vacation

Stay in the car It's hot and dangerous out here

Move out of that seat,
and l'll split your lip. - National Lampoon's Vacation

Move out of that seat, and l'll split your lip.

I've spent the last 1 5 years of my life - National Lampoon's Vacation

I've spent the last 1 5 years of my life

When I was a boy just about every summer we'd take a vacation - National Lampoon's Vacation

When I was a boy just about every summer we'd take a...

CLARK We pass a goddamn gas station every 1 00 yards for 1 000 miles - National Lampoon's Vacation

CLARK We pass a goddamn gas station every 1 00 yards for 1...

CLARK Taxi Taxi Taxi - National Lampoon's Vacation

CLARK Taxi Taxi Taxi

ELLEN I'm not sure of his exact height and weight - National Lampoon's Vacation

ELLEN I'm not sure of his exact height and weight

Never heard of no one so shit all stupid as you driving off that road - National Lampoon's Vacation

Never heard of no one so shit all stupid as you driving off...

I don't give a frog's fat ass who went through what - National Lampoon's Vacation

I don't give a frog's fat ass who went through...

I'm sorry sir I can't accept this credit card - National Lampoon's Vacation

I'm sorry sir I can't accept this credit card

Okay, let's go, come on. Ha-ha.
Where is Edna? - National Lampoon's Vacation

Okay, let's go, come on. Ha-ha. Where is Edna?

[CLARK MUTTERING] - National Lampoon's Vacation

[CLARK MUTTERING]

She must have passed away somewhere near Flagstaff - National Lampoon's Vacation

She must have passed away somewhere near Flagstaff

She can't weigh more than 1 00 pounds - National Lampoon's Vacation

She can't weigh more than 1 00 pounds

ELLEN:
This is terrible. Ugh. - National Lampoon's Vacation

ELLEN: This is terrible. Ugh.

Don't just blurt it out about Edna dying - National Lampoon's Vacation

Don't just blurt it out about Edna dying

We can't leave her on the patio - National Lampoon's Vacation

We can't leave her on the patio

Oh God - National Lampoon's Vacation

Lord we love this woman with all our hearts - National Lampoon's Vacation

Lord we love this woman with all our hearts

I think you're all fucked in the head - National Lampoon's Vacation

I think you're all fucked in the head

Next time you have one of your outbursts - National Lampoon's Vacation

Next time you have one of your outbursts

[PIANO PLAYlNG JAZZ MUSIC] - National Lampoon's Vacation

[PIANO PLAYlNG JAZZ MUSIC]

It's too bad you're married - National Lampoon's Vacation

It's too bad you're married

Married - National Lampoon's Vacation

National Lampoon's Vacation poster

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.

User Rating: 5.0 (1 rating)

Director: Harold Ramis

Writer: John Hughes

Production: Warner Bros. Pictures

Genre: adventure, comedy

Year: 1983

MetaScore: 55/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: $61,418,063

Released: 29 Jul 1983

Awards: N/A

Homepage:

National Lampoon's Vacation Collection: National Lampoon's Vacation, National Lampoon's European Vacation, Vegas Vacation, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Also watch: National Lampoon's European Vacation, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Vegas Vacation, Over the Edge, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Caddyshack, Ripley's Game, Twilight Zone: The Movie, The Dead Center, A Home at the End of the World, Kenny, 8 Million Ways to Die, Hellzapoppin', Chasers, Wild Style